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In search of our roots : how 19 extraordinary African Americans reclaimed their past Cover Image

In search of our roots : how 19 extraordinary African Americans reclaimed their past / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780307382405
ISBN: 0307382400
Physical Description: viii, 438 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, [2009]
Copyright: ©2009

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Family matters -- Prefatory notes on the African slave trade -- Maya Angelou -- Quincy Jones -- Morgan Freeman -- Tina Turner -- Peter J. Gomes -- Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot -- Tom Joyner -- Benjamin Carson -- Oprah Winfrey -- Whoopi Goldberg -- Mae Jemison -- T.D. Jakes -- Linda Johnson Rice -- Kathleen Henderson -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- Don Cheadle -- Chris Rock -- Bliss Broyard -- Chris Tucker -- How to trace your own roots -- Note on DNA testing methods.